The Board finds that the veteran's service-connected amoebic dysentery contributed substantially to his death, and therefore grants the benefit for service-connected burial benefits.
The deciding factor: The medical opinion established a connection between the veteran's service-connected disability (amoebic dysentery) and his death due to heart failure caused by multiple complications related to the service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- amoebic dysentery
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 10, 2008
- Citation
- 0800993
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for amebiasis, chronic liver disease, tonsillitis, and OSA. The issues of service connection for tonsillitis and OSA are remanded for further development.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the claim of service connection for the cause of death, finding that the Veteran's service-connected amoebic dysentery did not contribute to his death.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for total disability based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, with a combined rating of at least 70 percent.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's diabetes mellitus is granted an increased rating to 40 percent, but no higher. The Veteran's residuals of amoebic dysentery and peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities are denied service connection. Service connection for residuals of a stroke is also denied. The claim for hypertension was not reopened due to lack of new and material evidence.
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